Sorry I didn’t meant bothering with the war or dire situation in Ukraine, I meant bothering with the microscopic detail day to day as if there was some imminent military breakthrough each day or as if the overly optimistic political reports were true.
The war has been in stalemate for months, there was 5-6? years of fighting in Eastern Ukraine before that, Crimea was invaded without a squeak.
My point was that it’s a big political move or major govt decision that will end this war not any tlt for tat bombing, village incursion or daily field report.
It’s an absolute tragedy, I care and I would love Putin to be crushed but it is not going to happen via this war whatever you wish for militarily.
Wrong again
In 2023 Ukraine retook 10 times more territory than the Ruzzians gained in their "advances".
Not as much as hoped for but as the West (read USA & Germany) did not provide the equipment neccessary for the type of war they were advocating the Ukrainians should carry out. At least Germany had the humility to recognise its mistake (give or take the supply of Taurus missiles), the USA not so much but at lest we hear a lot less from Jake Sullivan these days than we used to which is no bad thing.
In addition to physical territory tactically Ukraine has a foothold on the east bank of the Dnieper which is eating up Ruzzian resources trying to kick them out.
In the east, around Donestsk city Ukraine has retaken territory that has been occuppied by the Ruzzian proxies since 2014 at the same time as bleeding the Ruzzian manpower resources and depleting the Ruzzian hardware resources to a massive degree - Ruzzian museums are being raided for equipment and there was a photo of a captured Ruzzian pre revolution maxim machine gun which caused a few headlines at the time.
In 2023 the battle for the western Black sea was won by a nation with no navy.
Ruzzia was "invaded" in 2023 by other Ruzzians, and there are a couple of border Ruzzain oblasts that are looking like prime neutral demilitarised buffer territory in the near future
In the last 2 weeks without the USA withheld F16's & with barely a dozen European supplied models Ukraine has decimated the front line air superiority the Ruzzians had at massive equipment cost to Ruzzia without a Ukrainian scratch.
Again in the last 2 weeks Ruzzias ability to supply Crimea has been impacted with the Landing Ship destruction in a "safer" port in Eastern Crimea with the Kerch bridge no where near able to take up the slack.
You say t*t for tat missile attackes you would better to say Ruzzia continues to attack apartment blocks and childrens playgrounds while Ukraine takes out military and infrastructure - which is better in the long term?
You say stalemate for months, in territory where the ground looks like a sea of mud who is cannier holding and shaping a line versus bleeding manpower & equipment to retake a village of rubble because Putler wants it taken?
The future is based upon this simple fact - does the west want Ukraine to win and just as importantly Ruzzia to lose. In fact more starkly does the USA want Ukraine to win. The minute the rest of the west can establish that point either way, they can then get on with their support efforts with greater clarity including the consequences for USA self esteem.
Last winter it was all about releasing Leopards, this winter its all about releasing the Bulls and a few second hand Australian Hornets wouldnt go amiss either (but that brings us back to the USA again).
